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1905 Revolution and October Manifesto
This image is significant since it demonstrates the desires from the tsar that the people had with the 1905 revolution such as liberty, freedom, a parliament, along with a Constitution. The uproar that the people caused within the 1905 revolution ultimately lead to the October Manifesto being established with things such as a parliament and other liberties. -
Beginning of WW1
This image is significant since the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serb nationalist sets the first world war in motion. Soon countries with alliances begin to go against those that threaten one of the countries of their alliances which can be seen by the threats made to each of the soldiers attempting to protect those that are a part of their alliance. -
Tsar Nicholas II takes sole control of military operations
This image is significant since it illustrates the effect that Nicholas II had on being the sole commander of military operations, the death of many troops in WWI. Due to this, there's discontent that is shared throughout Russia over the Tsar as seen in the picture with civilians holding scythes to demonstrate their displeasure. -
Assassination of Rasputin
Group of nobles killed Rasputin due to his increasing influence over tsarina, which was believed to be potentially harmful to the Russian empire. -
International Women’s Day March in Petrograd
Thousands of women joined by men and sailors marched and demanded for more rations and bread, end to war, and Tsar's abdication. Leads to Nicholas II abdication. -
Nicholas II Abdicates
The picture best shows Nicholas II as a failed Tsar. His abdication was necessary as it was shown to the public that he was a poor leader and was a very unimposing figure for Russia. -
Provisional Government Formed
The picture best represents the provisional as a government with many fatal flaws and imperfections. The provisional government had promised to solve the many issues of Russia such as food shortages, but never did solve it. The provisional government had also suffered many significant military losses, which made it even more unpopular with the Russian public. -
Lenin's Return From Exile
The picture best represents Lenin's return from exile as a hero and a born leader. The crowd cheering adds onto this effect of a hero in the revolution and the picture of Lenin putting his hat up and members of the crowd putting their hat up shows how much loyalty Lenin's followers had. -
April Theses Published
The news article for the picture best represents Lenin's charismatic leadership and the impact of the April Theses on the media and the public. -
The Brusilov Offensive
The picture best represents the Brusilov Offensive because it shows the strategy and the plan of the offensive and how it was laid out through the use of the map. The map also shows what volume of Russian soldiers and armies were sent out to attack specific parts of the land. -
First All-Russian Congress of Soviet Meets
The picture best represents the Russian congress as it shows how many people were at the congress and what the congress does, which is solve major issues and create laws in the Russian empire. -
July Days
The picture best shows the horrors of the July Days as soldiers often shot at protestors and rioters in order to quell them. Many soldiers would also hesitate to shoot the rioters and some soldiers would even riot against the provisional government. -
Kornilov Affair
I chose this photo because it signifies how it was a group in the military that doesn't seem fully prepared to fight in a war and have Kerensky on the shoulders of the soldiers and the young soldiers also seem like they have no experience at all in war. -
Trotsky Organizes Red Guard to Defend Petrograd
This picture best represents the red guards as industrial workers who are organized in a manner that enables them to fight. The contrast of an ordinary soldier and a red guard further emphasizes on the historical fact that the red guards were organized industrial workers who acted as militia to defend Petrograd. -
Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional government and take control
The photo shows the revolt in process and shoes the lower class fighting against the government and the government not being able to take the amount of rage being thrown at them. -
Bolsheviks Overthrow the Provisional Government and Take Control
This photo is significant since it demonstrates how Vladmir Lenin was able to rally Russians after the Provisional Government was overthrown which is observed through the red flags that are seen in throughout the photo. This evokes the amount of power that Lenin possessed due to the vast number of people surrounding him while supporting the Bolsheviks with their red flags. -
Cheka Formed
The picture best shows the violent, cruel behavior of the Cheka. The Cheka was a secret police established to silence opposing parties of the Bolsheviks through a discrete manner. -
Constituent Assembly Meets and is Disbanded
This image is significant since it demonstrates how Vladmir Lenin and the Bolsheviks were able to dissolve the Constituent Assembly without much skirmish as the Soviet soldiers had power over the rest of the Constituent Assembly through their possession of guns. This photo also evokes the bedlam of this day since many of the participants of the Assembly are left confused while the soldiers demonstrate their authority in the situation. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
This photo best represents the Brest Litovsk treaty as it represents Turkey getting a small portion of Russia's land in comparison to other countries getting larger portions of Russia's land. -
Wartime Communism Created
This photo is significant since it demonstrates the effect that Wartime Communism brought to the people of Russia as many were forced into doing labor such as the Clergy members in this photo tending to soldier to ensure that the reds would win the Russian Civil War. This also demonstrates the effect the war had on civilians as many faced famine and disease which is evoked through the frail stature of the Clergy members as food rationing favored soldiers instead of the civilians. -
Red Terror
This picture is significant since it best shows the Red Terror through the brutality of the Cheka imposing its will. Depicting the Red Terror which was a period of intense political repression and mass killings carried out by the Bolsheviks, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. -
Kolchaks Begins Serious Attack on Reds in Siberia
During the Russian Civil War, Admiral Alexander Kolchak, a former officer of the Russian Imperial Navy, became the leader of the anti-Bolshevik White movement in Siberia. This picture helps best show this through the support by a coalition of anti-Bolshevik forces, including former Imperial officers, Cossacks, and conservative politicians who opposed the Communist regime. Furthermore, the text translates to "Shoot every tenth worker and peasant" further showing the anti-Bolshevik movement. -
Ukraine Brought Under Soviet Control
Within the photo the red is to exemplify how Ukraine was to be controlled by the Soviet Union, the red territories are officially to be Soviet Union Territory and not part of Ukraine. -
Poles Move Towards Niev
Within the image the slight red curved line is meant to show the pole moving slightly away from Canada and closer too Russia or to be more exact Niev. -
Soviets Attempt to Take Warsaw
This picture shows how the Soviets trying to take over Warsaw and how brutal the fight really was to be a part of. -
Tambov Rebellion
This picture shows how there was a well-organized and formulated peasant army in the Tambov rebellion that were eventually going to challenge the government at the time. -
Kronstadt Uprising
The photo used is to show all of the sailors and the citizens that were against the government and how they wanted to eventually defend their land but also take out the Bolsheviks. -
Ending of Wartime Communism
This photo is significant as it shows how communism changed after the Soviet Union left communism, as there were only three countries left that were still communist. -
Treaty of Rapallo
This photo is significant because it shows the meeting where the Treaty of Rapallo was signed, and it shows how many people were around to see the signing of the Treaty of Rapallo. -
Formation of Soviet Union
This photo is significant because it represents the Soviet Union as a whole after the union was officially made, and it shows the size comparison to the surrounding nations of the Soviet Union. -
Lenin Dies
This photo was chosen because it represents Lenin as a saint-like figure to the Soviet Union and with saints their bod must be preserved, so that's what they did with the body of Lenin.